to feel like a dinosaur
- idiom
- However, none of my siblings have that work ethic, and I look around and feel like a dinosaur in a young man's body, as most of the people who share my passion for doing their own work are in the over 50 category.
Examples
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Sometimes when using new technology, I feel like a dinosaur compared to younger people.
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I feel like a dinosaur.
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The only model with a spinning hard drive, the Classic offers massive amounts of storage but feels like a dinosaur compared to Apple's smaller, flash-based offerings.
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After seeing the latest smartphones, I can't help but feel like a dinosaur with my old flip phone.
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When I try to keep up with the latest fashion trends, I often feel like a dinosaur among my friends.
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Morphology
The phrase combines 'feel' (experience) with 'like' (similar to) and 'dinosaur' (a creature associated with being ancient or outdated), so a learner who knows the words can infer 'feeling old-fashioned or out of date.' The metaphor is straightforward and commonly used cross-linguistically, so the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Feel like a dinosaur comes from the clear image of a dinosaur — a very old creature that would seem out of place today. So when someone says they feel like a dinosaur, they mean they feel 'old-fashioned' or 'out of date' next to new things.